Editor's Note

The Charge

Wrestling and stuff.

The Case

WWE's Over the Limit pay-per-view event features the culmination of a
bunch of storylines and character arcs that I—a woeful ignoramus of the
contemporary ebbs and flow of professional wrestling—am completely lost
on. So please excuse my lack of in-depth analysis.

The headlining match is between John Cena—who (judging from the
decidedly mixed reaction he gets from the audience) seems to have become far
more of a polarizing figure since the last WWE disc I reviewed—and some
schmuck named John Laurinaitis, a borderline geriatric who is obviously written
as a preening douchebag. These two obviously have extensive history together,
which hits the boiling point during this decidedly off-kilter match. I say
off-kilter because it's so ridiculously one-sided. Ultimately, the whole thing
devolves into a series of slapstick gags perpetrated by Cena, until the outcome
is influenced by a trademark WWE run-in gimmick. WWE: Over the Limit 2012
is less an exercise in technical wrestling and more a goofball way to advance a
storyline.

Luckily, for fans of the craft, the matches that preceded this boobfest are
far more grapple-happy: